frequently asked questions

Welcome to the map runner general questions and answers section. We've tried to answer as many questions as possible and we hope you find them helpful and informative. If you have any further questions or suggestions for what we questions we can add to this page then please email us using our contact form

• what are tags?
• how do I tag?
• how do I report abuse or flag a run?
• Why do I need supply my height, weight and/or dob?
• why should I upload a profile picture?
• why supply my home postcode?
• what does route difficulty mean?
• what does route saftey mean?
• what are the 'top rated runs'?
• how do I rate a run?
• what are new runs?

what are tags?

Tags are one-word descriptors that you can assign to your runs to help you organize and remember them. Tags are a flexible way for you to organise your routes - you can assign as many tags to a route as you like so it's not like putting your route into a predefined category, rather you can assign it to as many or few tags as you want to build lists of similar routes.

Tags are great for organizing and finding runs, but they go even further when you consider that everyone tags their runs using the same list. This means that map runner will build a collaborative list of related runs, driven by the personal preference. For instance, to view everybody's runs which are easy, visit http://www.mapp-runner.com/tags/easy.

how do I tag?

When creating a run, there is a field for tags. In this field, enter as many tags as you like, each separated by a space. You may notice lists of tags underneath this form. These tags are what other people have used on the map runner site.

what are tags?

how do I report abuse or flag a run?

Send an email to abuse@map runner.com detailing your complaint about the run or runners and we will investigate the complaint fully.

Why do I need supply my height, weight and/or dob?

Why should you give these details to map runner? Because we're planning to give you the runner some useful information on how you're fitness has benefitted by doing a particular run. This service isn't ready yet but we'll let everyone know when it is. Supplying these details is completely optional and this information won't be displayed on your profile page.

why should I upload a profile picture?

Your profile image is displayed with your run on our map pages. This way everyone gets to know who has created a run. Adding a profile image is optional.

why supply my home postcode?

Supplying your home postcode to map runner makes the process of adding and finding runs easier for you because we can automatically make our maps jump to the correct area. Giving your home postcode is optional and will not be displayed on your profile page.

what does route difficulty mean?

map runner's run difficulty rating allows runners to share some limited information about a run. This way you can make a more informed decision if a run is for you. For example a more difficult run might be long or steep, while a less diffult run might be short.

what does route saftey mean?

map runner's run safety rating has been created so runners can share information on the safety conditions of a particular run route, so runners can decide whether they want to run a certain route on their own or with others.

what are the 'top rated runs'?

map runner is a user driven website where the runs are created and rated by runners. So the top rated runs are those which the site user's themselves enjoy or rate.

how do I rate a run?

When viewing a run you can post ratings and comments by clicking on the link 'post a rating' underneath the run's description. You can then post your comments and select the number of stars (out of 5) you want to give the run

what are new runs?

this is a list of the latest runs posted by runners on map runner.